Accelerated Retirement `Imperils' Navy Strike

U.S. Navy aviators believe the acceleration of a plan to retire S-3B aircraft will cut by one-fifth the ability of East Coast-based air wings to generate missions at wartime rates. Underlying the move is the need to pay for new F/A-18E/F strike fighters and speed their introduction into the Navy...

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